Black Cat

ブラックキャット（フェリシア・ハーディ）は、マーベル・コミックスが出版するアメリカン・コミックスに登場する架空のキャラクターである。その歴史を通じて、ブラックキャットはスーパーヒーロー、スパイダーマンの敵、恋愛対象、そして味方として登場してきた。作家のマーヴ・ウルフマンと作画家のデイヴ・コックラムによって創造され、1979年7月の『The Amazing Spider-Man』第194号で初登場した。

フェリシア・ハーディは、世界的に有名な泥棒であるウォルター・ハーディの娘である。大学一年生の時に心に傷を負うような経験をした後、彼女は独学で様々な格闘技やアクロバットを身につけた。そして父の跡を継ぐことを決意し、コスチュームをまとったブラックキャットとしての正体を名乗るようになる。ブラックキャットとしての彼女は、無意識のうちに確率場に影響を与える能力を持ち、敵に「不運」をもたらす。このキャラクターは当初、スパイダーマンの敵である悪役であったが、時を経て二人は恋に落ち、そのことが彼女を反ヒーローとして、また彼の相棒として行動させる動機となった。しかし、ブラックキャットが惹かれていたのはスパイダーマンの変身前の姿ではなく、ピーター・パーカーとしての私生活にはほとんど関心がないことが明らかになり、二人の関係は複雑になった。別れた後も、ブラックキャットはスパイダーマンの最も信頼できる仲間の一人であり続け、何年もの間、二人は続いたり途切れたりする恋愛関係を続けた。やがて彼女は再び犯罪の道に戻ってしまった。

スパイダーマンの脇役の一人であり、彼の主要な恋愛対象の一人である彼女は、スパイダーマン関連の数多くのメディア化作品に登場してきた。

能力 : Initially, the Black Cat had no superhuman abilities. Later, a test induced by the Kingpin gave her the psionic ability to affect probability fields; essentially, she could produce "bad luck" for her enemies. The "bad luck" power entails that under stress she is subconsciously able to cause anyone in her immediate vicinity that she perceives as a threat to be susceptible to freak accidents, like guns jamming and exploding, or tripping on objects. This ability also had the side effect of eventually causing problems for anyone spending long periods of time around her. Doctor Strange eventually tampered with her powers that briefly removed her bad luck abilities, along with the unwanted side effect. However, this magical tampering temporarily endowed her with cat-like abilities, giving her night vision, retractable talons in her fingertips, superhuman speed, strength, agility and endurance, proportionate to a cat. Her "bad luck" powers were eventually restored by Doc Tramma through the use of cybernetics. The Black Cat has reflexes, agility, and stamina of an Olympic level acrobat. She is physically very strong and athletic and has great physical endurance. She is an excellent street fighter capable of taking on several armed assailants and incapacitating them without being injured herself. She is trained in several martial arts styles. Hardy is a talented photographer; while dating Spider-Man she takes pictures of the hero that he admits are better than his own work. The Black Cat has also acquired several devices from the Tinkerer that increase her agility and heighten her strength. She wears earrings that interact with the balance centers of her brain to grant her enhanced agility. She has contact lenses that let her see in various ranges of the electromagnetic spectrum, such as infrared and ultraviolet. Her costume contains micro-servos that enhance her strength above normal human levels. The gloves of her costume contain steel micro-filaments, which form retractable claws at the fingertips when she flexes her fingers (triggering a magnetic surge which condenses the filaments into polarized talons) which enable her to tear through most surfaces and easily scale walls. Using this equipment, the Black Cat has been able to beat enemies who have superhuman abilities. The Black Cat has a miniature grappling hook device hidden in the "fur" of each glove, designed by her father Walter Hardy, which enables her to swing from buildings in a manner similar to Spider-Man, though not quite as fast. She can also use the cable from this device as a tightrope, wall scaling device, swing line, or as a weapon in combat.

チーム : Heroes for Hire, Defenders, Black Cat's Gang

種族 : Human